Hi James,
Thanks for your prompt response and explaining me the history of Torque and
its architecture. So pbs_server is resource manager that takes care of the
resource provisioning, pbs_sched/Maui for scheduling the job and resource
allocation and pbs_mom for monitoring the computer node.. right??
So I guess that qmgr is part of pbs_server to set up the queues. Now let's
say for a cluster of 20 nodes, 5 different queues are specified based on
different type of execution priorities. Can all nodes consume jobs from any
of the queues or they are configured for specific queues?
And what happens when a job arrives at the pbs_server? Does pbs_sched/Maui
get the status info from the pbs_server about the available resources, and
based on a job's requirements put that into a specific queue? Does it also
allocate a specific execution node for that particular job or the compute
node reads the job from a certain queue? In this case, adding dynamic nodes
is possible?
My thoughts pretty are disjointed but I would much appreciate the
explanations..
Best Regards,
Omer
On Feb 19, 2008 5:37 PM, James J Coyle <jjc at iastate.edu> wrote:
> PBS = Portable Batch System
>> OpenPBS was the open source and free versions
>> PBSPro is the pay-for version
>> OpenPBS was discontinued by the company that makes PBS.
> Another company now maintains what used to be
> OpenPBS, but cannot use the name PBS due to trademark issues, so
> now the fok is called Torque. You can get it from
>http://www.clusterresources.com>> PBS and Torque consists of 3 pieces, pbs_server, pbs_sched, and pbs_mom
> Often pbs_sched is replaced by the (free) MAUI scheduler also available
> form
> clusterresources, or with MOAB which is cluster resources pay-for
> scheduler. There is one pbs_server which interacts with the user,
> many pbs_moms, one per compute node, and one scheduler
> pbs_sched or MAUI or MOAB which talks to pbs_server and the pbs_moms.
> Torque even allows you to wriote your own pbs_sched scheduler, or use
> one of the few that were made. I used a special scheduler for an SGI
> Origin 2000.
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> > I am a newbee to Torque/PBS/OpenPBS/PBSPro world and I am trying to
> > understand the precise differences between. So I have understood is that
> > PBSPro is the high-end version of PBS but in the documentations I always
> > find Torque/PBS as resource managers. Are they the same the thing and
> got
> > their names changed recently or they are different resource managers
> being
> > exclusive or complementry to each other?
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> > Thanks in advance, cheers
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> > Omer
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> trying to understand the precise differences between. So I have understood
> is that PBSPro is the high-end version of PBS but in the documentations I
> always find Torque/PBS as resource managers. Are they the same the thing and
> got their names changed recently or they are different resource managers
> being exclusive or complementry to each other?<br>
> > <br>Thanks in advance, cheers<br>-- <br>Omer<br><br>
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